Category: 2024 Fall Trip
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Missouri Headwaters and Three Forks, MT
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The town of Three Forks gets its name from the nearby three rivers that converge to form the Missouri River. Lewis and Clark came up the Missouri, of course, and decided to name these three tributaries after the President and Secretaries of State and Treasury that sent them on this journey of discovery. The Madison…
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Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, MT
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It was wind still this morning , so the lake was very reflective, and there is now a dusting of snow on the peaks that wasn’t there yesterday. That last sleeting rain must have been snow at the higher elevations. We headed into Bozeman to see the Museum of the Rockies which is affiliated with…
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Hood Creek Campground, Hyalite Lake
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The Gallatin National Forest is really large, and we will spend one more night at a campground there. Hyalite Canyon is south of Bozeman with Hood Creek being one of several campgrounds along the Hyalite Creek and Hyalite Reservoir. The canyon road is a scenic drive that starts in a neighborhood in Bozeman, then continues…
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A Museum and a Farmer’s Market
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I used this morning to take advantage of the very clean laundry room at Osen’s RV. It was really nice to not have to drive somewhere else. We did drive into Livingston in the afternoon because I wanted to go through the Yellowstone Gateway Museum. Tony needed some work time, so I was occupied by…
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South Rim Drive and Dunraven Pass
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We awoke to another crisp morning at Fishing Bridge. Today we travel north to stay in Livingston, the original gateway city to Yellowstone. First stop on our way out is the South Rim Drive of the Yellowstone Canyon to see the Upper Falls and the colorful canyon walls. There are two major places to park…
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Grand Canyon of Yellowstone—North Rim Drive
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We continued driving from Sulphur Caldron to the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone, which has a drive along a portion of each rim. Today we took the North Rim to see the Lower Falls, and will see the other side tomorrow which has a good view of the Upper Falls. We had beautiful views of the…
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Mud Volcano and Sulphur Caldron
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Sunrise was beautiful as we still had clouds in the area to make some colors. The clouds moved in yesterday evening and even rained a bit on us while Tony was cleaning the bathroom in Usain and I was cooking supper at the picnic table. I grabbed an umbrella to protect my external induction burner…
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West Thumb & Yellowstone Lake
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Our second entrance into the park from West Yellowstone was earlier but even more chaotic. Today, the far right lane for park pass holders was closed, but no notice of that was given before you got close enough around a corner to see it. We all had to merge back over into the lanes where…
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Old Faithful Geyser, repeat
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There is so much to see in this area of Yellowstone. We are missing some things, but seeing what we can. Biscuit Basin is closed because of the big explosion there this past July that damaged the boardwalk (but no one was hurt). Even with the closed signs and roped off drive, people stop and…
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Lower and Midway Geyser Basins
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Getting into the park at West Yellowstone entrance is a matter of patience and getting in the far right lane for using our national park pass. It seemed to go relatively smoothly, but then about three miles down the road, there was almost an hour of travel at 5 miles per hour or less—ugh! Once…